Bookkeeper salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

Bookkeepers at the 90th percentile earn $63,190, 2.0 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.1. The middle half of bookkeepers in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area earns $38,010–$54,040. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $16,030 wide, against $16,360 across Ohio and $17,950 nationally: employers in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a bookkeeper here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $7,900 a year in pay and about $10,194 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $8,130 in pay. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $50,670 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $48,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

At the $46,140 median, a local hire costs about $59,535 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,395 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #11 by median pay, between HR assistants ($47,560) and e-commerce order specialists ($44,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,910.

Measured against the US median, bookkeepers rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area (-8.9%), between data entry specialists (-8.2%) and virtual receptionists (-10.0%). The typical role here is at -12.8%, so, measured against the US, bookkeepers cost more in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Bookkeepers hold 11.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, 8.8% across Ohio and 8.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $45,750 in Springfield to $51,170 in Columbus, a gap of $5,420 a year. Of the 9 areas in Ohio with more bookkeepers than the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Canton-Massillon, OH ($46,000).

the Southern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Ohio nonmetro area is #214 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Pinehurst-Southern Pines and Killeen-Temple pay just above the Southern Ohio nonmetro area and Warner Robins and Decatur just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many bookkeepers, all three pay more.

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